You've mastered the basics of sailing and can get around a small course. Now enjoy our Club 420s and get into some speed across the water. We'll concentrate on better close-hauled performance, classy tacks and gybes plus confidence sailing on a square run. The fundamentals of trapeze and spinnaker will be taught ashore and then experienced afloat. We will have you manouevering with style and confident with tiller extension. You will complete this course ready to progress to regular club racing. Welcome aboard!

Course Overview

This course focuses on sailing in stronger winds and introducing extra equipment like spinnaker and trapeze to leverage the full boat potential on the water.

Course Prerequisites

Water confident, and you should have the skills, knowledge and experience gained from the Start Sailing 2 course.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to continue developing their sailing skills in dinghies. 

Course Outcome

You will gain your Better Sailing completion certificate. 

We recognise that some of our course participants are completing the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award and may be using sailing and/or club membership to complete one or more sections of The Award. To learn more, click here.